The Leonardo Effect

How AI Is Making Us More Stupid. Students have found that the laborious tasks of a degree, reading books referencing sources, writing essays can be outsourced to AI freely, rapidly and sufficiently successfully. thecritic.co.uk/how-ai-is-maki… #AI #creativity #edchat

Just a few of the fantastic bird paintings by our Year 9 students this week! 👏👏👏

People prefer A.I. art because people prefer bad art. Understanding the "AI Art Turing Test". maxread.substack.com/p/people-prefe… #AI #art #aiart #design

New AI Tools Are Promoted as Study Aids for Students. Are They Doing More Harm Than Good? edsurge.com/news/2024-11-0… #AI #EdTech #edchat

The arts-integrated instruction movement, pairing community creatives and schools, can encourage educators to think more expansively about what vibrant classrooms look like. forbes.com/sites/katecass… #artsintegration #artsed #edchat

Visions of A.I. Art From OpenAI’s First Artist in Residence. In a cavernous warehouse north of New York City, a 16-foot robot outfitted with a cutting tool etched intricate grooves into a faceless marble head atop an alien-like torso. nytimes.com/card/2024/11/1… #AI #art #design

Royal Academy poster campaign calls for increased arts education in UK schools. “Art is being squeezed out. And we’re losing the mind-expanding, question-prompting, wild creativity and confidence that it brings to our classrooms.” theartinvestor.co.uk/uk-art/royal-a… #artsed #edchat #art

Students seeing and feeling their continuous development is all that is needed to engage them. No tech, gimmicks, or games are required. eduwells.com/2024/10/02/how… #learning #schools #education

When we integrate the arts into core instruction, we are giving students a license to be creative. We are helping them develop skills that are fundamental to innovation. smartbrief.com/original/integ… #artsed #creativity #innovation

Fang Favorites: How Vampires Seduced the Art World. These bloodsuckers have inspired everyone from Andy Warhol to Lindsey Mendick. news.artnet.com/art-world/vamp… #art #vampires #design

Photoshop developer now openly antagonizes anti-AI creators by doubling down on generative AI. Adobe Says Artists Should Embrace AI If They Want to be Successful 80.lv/articles/adobe… #AI #art #design #creativity

Seven exciting artists who use AI as a medium of expression. As we near the second anniversary of ChatGPT's public launch, looking at works by artists who have used AI for artistic and philosophical projects. stirworld.com/see-features-s… #art #AI #design #creativity

‘Harvard Thinking’: What skeptics get wrong about liberal arts. In this podcast, an economist, an educator, and a philosopher make the case it’s as essential as ever in today’s job market. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… #innovation #creativity #liberalarts

Would you buy art from the world’s first humanoid robot artist? Robot artist Ai-Da's portrait of Alan Turing heads to Sotheby's auction. foxnews.com/tech/would-you… #AI #art #design

How Are School Smartphone Bans Going? edsurge.com/news/2024-10-2… #schools #smartphones #education

All Learning, No Questioning: How Schools Smother Curiosity. Traditional policies and practices getting in the way of the most effective learning, edweek.org/teaching-learn… #edchat #edreform

Over 13,000 artists condemn unauthorised use of their work for AI development." “When AI companies call this ‘training data,’ they dehumanise it. What we’re talking about is people’s work". images.dawn.com/news/1192878 #AI #art #design

What If Art Could Transform How You Learn? For many, it’s an inconvenient and unfamiliar approach, but it’s exactly what I believe opens their minds and hearts to walking an unconventional path toward growth. insights.som.yale.edu/podcasts/learn… #artsed #learning #edchat

AI is supposed to be Hollywood’s next big thing. What’s taking so long? latimes.com/entertainment-… #AI #Holywood

While many education advocates are pushing for the adoption of better curriculum as a lever to improve schools, “It’s possible to get trajectory-changing results without a perfect curriculum.”hechingerreport.org/proof-points-t… #shools #learningoutcomes #edchat